An independent inquiry has found that UK special forces killed nine people in their beds during a night raid in Afghanistan in 2011. The raid took place in the Nad Ali region of Helmand, and the victims were unarmed citizens who were sleeping in a single-roomed outbuilding. The SAS claimed they acted in self-defense after […]
More than 2,000 people were killed by powerful earthquakes in Afghanistan’s western Herat region, but the toll is likely to rise. Source: Race to find survivors after devastating earthquakes hit Afghanistan
Villagers are searching through what is left of their homes with shovels and bare hands. Source: Afghanistan earthquake: More than 1,000 dead as villagers dig for survivors